--- title: why did the king want the prince to stay? — Household Tales, The Two Friends: a ki… · tree and pragmatics description: why did the king want the prince to stay? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 722 «Household Tales, The Two Friends: a king's poison fails, a friend is revived, and a saint asks for a baby's blood» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/722-pg2435-part62/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Household Tales, The Two Friends: a ki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/722-pg2435-part62/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Household Tales, The Two Friends: a king's poison fails, a… why did the king want the prince to stay? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** king, prince · **What happens:** want, stay · **To what, where:** prince This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 722 «Household Tales, The Two Friends: a king's poison fails, a friend is revived, and a saint asks for a baby's blood» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/722-pg2435-part62/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:722-pg2435-part62:t9:1 # text = why did the king want the prince to stay? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past · do-support | the king | the prince | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} so he could marry his daughter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:722-pg2435-part62:t9:o1:1 # text = so he could marry his daughter 1 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | could | he | his daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} to save money ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:722-pg2435-part62:t9:o2:1 # text = to save money 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 save save VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | to-infinitive | | money | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} to make the friend jealous ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:722-pg2435-part62:t9:o3:1 # text = to make the friend jealous 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | the friend | | | | jealous *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} for the feast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:722-pg2435-part62:t9:o4:1 # text = for the feast 1 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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